Reverse effect?

pdadhich721
pdadhich721 Posts: 24 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi guys!
So I feel like every time I try to focus my mind on eating healthy and making the right choices, I always get really strong cravings for chips, sweets etc. does this happen to anyone?
I've meal prepped and set myself up for success but somehow my cravings get the better of me :(
Anyone have tips? Thanks!

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  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    I think the best thing to focus on is what you are adding, rather than what you are taking away. I also fit a treat in each day, so I know I can have that ice cream, rather than feeling bad about it.

    So, to explain better, I focus on getting enough protein and fibre (I find these more filling and can be a struggle if I don't focus on them), and then at the end of the day, I use my extra calories to have a serving of something fun, like a beer, or a couple cookies. The other thing I find is that when I am working out, I tend to change my diet to fuel that exercise. I naturally tend to crave vegetables, proteins, water, etc. more when I am working out regularly compared to when I am not. For me, exercise is actually a stronger catalyst for change.

    I'm sure you will get many different suggestions. Read through them and see what fits in your lifestyle and what changes you can make that will be sustainable over the long haul. It doesn't make sense to make broad sweeping changes that you have to white-knuckle through. More often than not, that approach will lead to giving up. Find small changes you can make that you can live with, then keep adding to these as time passes and each becomes new habits.

    Does that make sense?
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest. As soon as you deprive yourself of something, you'll want it more than ever. When you divide your food choices into good/bad and right/wrong, eating becomes either success or failure.

    Eating healthy is getting enough of everything, and not too much of anything, eating food you like and not stressing about what's healthy and unhealthy. You won't get "more healthy" by eating a pound of broccoli when you've already eaten plenty of vegetables. A chocolate bar won't cancel out the nutrition from your dinner.

    Weight management is really simple too. If you are overweight, you have to eat less. To be able to do that for any duration of time (enough to hit goal weight), and to keep a normal weight stable afterwards, you have to not want to eat too much. How to make that happen, is the tricky part. You have to find what works for you. Because if you miss your old way of eating, you won't succeed.
  • pdadhich721
    pdadhich721 Posts: 24 Member
    Thank you guys!! I think I need to realize that if I have something non healthy in a day, it's not terrible!

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